Pascha
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Etymology edit
From Latin pascha (“Passover”), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (paskha), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh). Doublet of Pasch, paskha, and Pesach.
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Pascha (countable and uncountable, plural Paschas)
- Passover (biblical, Israelite, Jewish, or Christian Passover; this term also includes Quartodeciman Passover, observed on Nisan 14, especially by Christians in Asia Minor)
- Easter, the most important Christian religious holy day or feast.
- Orthodox Christian church services during the week succeeding Easter.
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- Kyriopascha
- Paschal, paschal
- crucifixional Pascha / crucifixional pascha (“Ancient Greek: πάσχα σταυρώσιμον”)
- resurrectional Pascha / resurrectional pascha (“Ancient Greek: πάσχα ἀναστάσιμον”)
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Pascha (not comparable)
- (attributive) Pertaining to either Passover or Easter (Pascha is an ambiguous term and its meaning depends on context).
- In the Orthodox Christian church, Pascha week is the week succeeding Easter.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاشا (paşa).
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Pascha m (strong, genitive Paschas, plural Paschas)
- (historical) pasha (high-ranking Turkish military officer)
- 1910, August Bebel, Aus meinem Leben[1], volume 1:
- Wie Gablenz seine Aufgabe auffaßte, zeigt seine Aeußerung: „Ich werde die bestehenden Landesgesetze beachten, damit kein Holsteiner bei meinem eventuellen Wegziehen von hier sagen kann, ich habe rechtlos regiert. Ich will hier im Lande nicht als türkischer Pascha regieren.“
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (by extension, colloquial, often derogatory) male chauvinist, alpha male
- den Pascha spielen ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (paskha), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh). Doublet of pascha and Pesach.
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Pascha f
- (Judaism) Pascha (Passover)
- Synonyms: Pesach, Święto Przaśników
- (Orthodoxy) Pascha (Easter)
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Declension of Pascha
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